The Burdekin regional body has developed an investment strategy which will improve water quality in the coastal areas of the Burdekin catchment and ultimately the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through supporting farmers to accelerate their adoption of sustainable grazing, horticultural and sugar cane land management practices.

Projects will utilise strong, effective and efficient collaborations between the region and industry delivery partners to engage regional farmers in Reef Rescue.

Wetlands in the Burdekin region are also set to benefit from the investment through improved wetland management practices on private lands in order to increase the catchment’s capacity to reduce the amounts of nutrients, chemicals and sediments from entering the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

The Burnett Mary regional group has developed an investment strategy which will improve water quality in priority coastal areas, such as the Kolan, Burrum and Mary river catchments, and ultimately the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

This will be achieved through supporting farmers to accelerate their adoption of sustainable grazing, horticulture, dairy and sugar cane production practices. Projects will utilise strong, effective and efficient collaborations between the region and industry delivery partners to engage regional farmers in Reef Rescue.

Regional land managers are set to benefit from the investment through support for farmers to undertake risk assessments, on-ground works and multi-farm projects. A focus of the region is sugarcane which will target activities that result in the reduction in nutrients and chemicals reaching the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

The Fitzroy Basin Association has developed an investment strategy which will improve water quality in the coastal areas of the Fitzroy catchment and ultimately the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through supporting farmers to accelerate their adoption of sustainable grazing, dry land and irrigated cropping, and horticulture production.

Projects will be delivered in combination with industry support to engage regional farmers in Reef Rescue in the first year.

Regional land managers are set to benefit from the investment through support for farmers to undertake risk assessments, on-ground works and multi-farm projects. A focus for the region is grazing and cropping which will target activities that result in the reduction in sediment reaching the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

Reef Catchments has developed an investment strategy which will improve water quality in the regional priority sub-catchments identified in the recent Water Quality Improvement Plan to improve water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Projects will utilise strong, effective and efficient collaborations between the region and industry delivery partners to engage regional farmers in Reef Rescue.

Regional land managers are set to benefit from the investment through support for farmers to undertake risk assessments, on-ground works and multi-farm projects. A focus for the region is lands under sugar cane production which will target activities that result in the reduction in nutrients, chemicals and sediments reaching the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

Terrain Natural Resource Management has developed an investment strategy which will improve water quality in priority river catchments and ultimately the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through supporting farmers to accelerate their adoption of sustainable horticulture, grazing, dairy and sugar cane production practices.

Projects will utilise strong, effective and efficient collaborations between the Region and industry delivery partners to engage regional farmers in Reef Rescue. Regional land managers are set to benefit from the investment through support to undertake risk assessments, on-ground works and multi-farm collaborative projects.

Sugar cane farmers and horticultural growers are a special focus for research and development investment through the funding of trials for innovative practices such as nitrogen fixation and nitrogen replacement systems in sugarcane and establishing optimum phosphorus and nitrogen application rates for paw paw production.